Congress Fed Up With WhoIs Database - GoFuckYourself.com

Spunky · 02-06-2004, 08:03 PM

Intresting..but can they enforce it?

WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The U.S. government is rallying for legislation that would heighten the penalty for online fraud committed by a person using a website registered under a false name or contact information, particularly through the WhoIs database, which is overseen by the domain registrars.

The bill was drafted by Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and if passed could add seven years jail time to the current penalty. The law is written in such a way as to give federal prosecutors stronger punch when it comes to pursuing criminal offenses against intellectual property rights.

http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=1081

sacX · 02-06-2004, 08:07 PM

for fuck sakes.. seven extra years jail to please software and copyright owners.

doober · 02-06-2004, 08:12 PM

so will everybody be changing their whois info to europe and canada?

lmao, how can they even think that people will comply?

Spunky · 02-06-2004, 08:15 PM

With millions of people in the database, I think it will take years to decipher through them all to find the bogus ones.If it helps stop the spammers , that would be great.

02-06-2004, 08:03 PM	#1
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	Congress Fed Up With WhoIs Database Intresting..but can they enforce it? WASHINGTON, D.C. ? The U.S. government is rallying for legislation that would heighten the penalty for online fraud committed by a person using a website registered under a false name or contact information, particularly through the WhoIs database, which is overseen by the domain registrars. The bill was drafted by Reps. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) and if passed could add seven years jail time to the current penalty. The law is written in such a way as to give federal prosecutors stronger punch when it comes to pursuing criminal offenses against intellectual property rights. http://xbiz.com/articles/index.php?article_idp=1081 __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

02-06-2004, 08:07 PM	#2
sacX Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: New Zealand Posts: 2,998	for fuck sakes.. seven extra years jail to please software and copyright owners. __________________ Have Asian Language Traffic?

02-06-2004, 08:15 PM	#4
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,944	With millions of people in the database, I think it will take years to decipher through them all to find the bogus ones.If it helps stop the spammers , that would be great. __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

02-06-2004, 08:12 PM	#3
doober Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in yoOoo kitchen Posts: 6,984	so will everybody be changing their whois info to europe and canada? lmao, how can they even think that people will comply?